Analyze the Constitution's THREE compromises with slavery taught honestly via Teaching Hard History K-5 — the Three-Fifths Compromise (Art. I §2 cl.3), the Slave Trade Clause (Art. I §9 cl.1), the Fugitive Slave Clause (Art. IV §2 cl.3) — and the fact that the word 'slave' never appears in the document
Exercise Difficulty 3 ~5 min hist.g5.s.ex_07

Compromise Consequence Sort

Prompt

Match 3 compromise cards (Three-Fifths / Slave Trade / Fugitive Slave) to 3 consequence cards.

How it's presented
mode matching
Answer criteria
type matching
pairs
    1. Three-Fifths
    2. Southern political over-representation in House + Electoral College
    1. Slave Trade
    2. Atlantic slave trade protected until 1808 + ~50,000 more Africans brought in those 20 years
    1. Fugitive Slave
    2. Free states must return escapees + enforced via 1793 + 1850 Fugitive Slave Acts
Hints
  1. Each compromise had a specific political-or-legal consequence
  2. Article I §2 cl.3 / Article I §9 cl.1 / Article IV §2 cl.3
Misconceptions to watch
  • Mixing up which compromise is in which Article
  • Missing the temporal dimension (Slave Trade Clause 20-year protection)
Used in lessons